Hair-curling device



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335 3 .3 Patented Mar. 30,1920

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Application filedflovemberzB, 1919.;nSerial No. 335,340J

To aZLQJzILQmamayconcern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. ANDRE- snN, a citizen of Germany,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curling Devices, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to hair curling devices, and has for its objectto provide a hair curler of the clamping jaw type which may be moreconveniently handled than such devices as heretofore made.

It is the aim of this invention to provide a separate and distinctcurl-holding member to which the clamping jaws are pivoted or hinged andfrom which said jaws may be swungback so as to in no way interfere withthe wrapping of the hair upon or about said intermediate curl-holdingmember. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, andthen more specifically defined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several viewsFigure 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of the invention, showing theclampli)ng jaws closed upon the curl-holding mem- Fig. 2 is aperspective view of said device with the clamping jaws swung back awayfrom the curl-holding member, as when the hair is to be wound about saidmember.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the. device showing how it is held inthe hand when latching or unlatching the clamping jaws, the hand beingindicated in broken lines.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same in closed position, and

Fig. 6 is a erspective view of said modified form of t e invention inopen position.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, 1 designates thecurl-holding member which in this instance comprises a wire loop to oneend of which there are se. cured diverging transverse pieces 2 and 3 asby solder 4. To each of said transverse Patented MaLBO,1920.,

adapted to swing into either of the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2.Said clamping jaws are designated 5 and 6, respectively and are shown asmade of solid strips of resilient or spring metal. \Vhen closed orfolded upon the hair-holding member 1, said jaws 5 and 6 extend slightlybeyond the free end of said member. For holding the aws in this closedosition a latching loop 7 is hinged to the rec end of one jaw, and thefree end of the other jaw is bent slightly outward so as to retain theloop in engagement therewith, as will be readily understood from Figs. 1and 3. The solid jaws are also preferably made narrower than thehair-holding loop 1 so that the curl of hair 8, when wound upon saidloop as shown in Fig. 3, will be pressed directly between the aws.

When the hair is to be wound upon the 1 member 1, the jaws 5 and 6 areswung back to the position shown in Fig. 2 where they are entirely outof the way and do not interfere in any way with the winding of'the hairabout said member. After the hair-is in place on the holding member 1,the jaws are swung to closed position, Fi 3, and the free ends thereofpressed toget er between the thumb and finger while the latching loop 7is slipped over the bent end 9 of the upper jaw. The tension in thejaws, which are bowed over the hair, will hold the latch in position.

Referring now to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, in this modified form of theinvention the hairholding member 10 is made of a solid strip of metalwhile the clamping jaws 11 and 12 are made of looped wire of slightlygreater length and width than said member 10. The jaw loops are hingedto one end of the member 10 at 13, and the free ends of said jaws areadapted to be fastened together by a latch 14 hinged to one jaw andhaving a hook 15 to engage the end of the other jaw, there being a bentfinger piece on the free end of the latch, as at 16, for raising it fromits closed position, Figs. 4 and 5, in which it rests on the uppersurface of the hair holding member. The modified form of the device isused in the same way as illustrated in Fig. 3. 5

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is .1. In a hair curlingdevice, the combination with a curl-holding member having larly bentlatch hinged to the free end of rigid transverse pieces extending aboveand one jaw and adapted to extend across the below the same at one end,of clamping jaws end of the curl holding member and engage hingedrespectively to said transverse pieces the free end of the other jaw forretaining 5 and adapted to embrace said member. said jaws in position toembrace said mem- 15 2. In a hair curling device, the combinaber on.opposite sides. tion with a curl holding member, of clamp- In testimonywhereof I have signed my ing jaws hinged to one end of said member nameto this specification.

and adapted to swing toward and away 10 from opposite sides thereof, andan angu- FREDERICK C. ANDRESEN'.

